22 May 2007 : Column 1193W—continued
The target turnaround for all applications for student support is six weeks. Applications for DSA tend to take longer because they involve a specialist assessment to determine course related needs. We do not set and monitor specific DSA processing times, but we have given advice to local authorities and the SLC to prioritise DSA applications with the aim of achieving payment of DSA in advance of the start of term for those who need it.
Education: Irish Studies
Richard Younger-Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) funding and (b) assistance he has approved to aid the establishment of Irish studies centres since 2004. [138575]
Bill Rammell
[holding answer 21 May 2007]: We have increased funding by over 20 per cent. in real terms since 1997 and now spend £10 billion a year on higher education, but we cannot by law fund Irish studies centres or any other centres directly since each higher education institution is responsible for spending the block grant we provide through the Higher Education Funding Council for England as it sees fit
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and for deciding how to organise teaching and research and the subjects to be studied, taking account of student demand.
Education: Standards
Mr. Brady:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 1 May 2007 to the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Official Report, column 1565W, on education: standards, (1) if he will break the figures on the number of schools down by local education authority indicating in each case how many (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive maintained secondary schools there are in each such authority; [137400]
(2) if he will break the figures on the number of pupils down to local education authority indicating in each case how many (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive maintained secondary schools each such authority contains. [137401]
Jim Knight:
The information is shown in the following tables.
Teacher assessment is not available for 2006.
| | | | | Number of schools with: |
| | | | | More than 20 per cent. o f pupils at the same or lower level in KS3 compared to KS2 |
| | Local authority | Number of selective schools | Number of non-selective maintained mainstream | English | Maths | Science |
|
202
|
Camden
|
0
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
|
203
|
Greenwich
|
0
|
13
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
|
204
|
Hackney
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
|
205
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
206
|
Islington
|
0
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
|
207
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
208
|
Lambeth
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
|
209
|
Lewisham
|
0
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
|
210
|
Southwark
|
0
|
16
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
|
211
|
Tower Hamlets
|
0
|
15
|
6
|
0
|
15
|
|
212
|
Wandsworth
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
213
|
Westminster
|
0
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
|
301
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
302
|
Barnet
|
3
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
303
|
Bexley
|
4
|
12
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
|
304
|
Brent
|
0
|
14
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
|
305
|
Bromley
|
2
|
16
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
|
306
|
Croydon
|
0
|
22
|
5
|
0
|
14
|
|
307
|
Ealing
|
0
|
13
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
|
308
|
Enfield
|
1
|
16
|
5
|
0
|
13
|
|
309
|
Haringey
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
|
310
|
Harrow
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
311
|
Havering
|
0
|
18
|
4
|
0
|
12
|
|
312
|
Hillingdon
|
0
|
18
|
11
|
0
|
12
|
|
313
|
Hounslow
|
0
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
|
314
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
315
|
Merton
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
316
|
Newham
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
1
|
13
|
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|
317
|
Redbridge
|
2
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
318
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
0
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
319
|
Sutton
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
320
|
Waltham Forest
|
0
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
|
330
|
Birmingham
|
8
|
68
|
21
|
3
|
58
|
|
331
|
Coventry
|
0
|
19
|
5
|
0
|
16
|
|
332
|
Dudley
|
0
|
22
|
2
|
0
|
12
|
|
333
|
Sandwell
|
0
|
19
|
7
|
1
|
18
|
|
334
|
Solihull
|
0
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
335
|
Walsall
|
2
|
17
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
|
336
|
Wolverhampton
|
1
|
17
|
5
|
0
|
16
|
|
340
|
Knowsley
|
0
|
10
|
9
|
0
|
10
|
|
341
|
Liverpool
|
1
|
30
|
9
|
2
|
22
|
|
342
|
St. Helens
|
0
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
343
|
Sefton
|
0
|
22
|
5
|
0
|
13
|
|
344
|
Wirral
|
6
|
16
|
3
|
1
|
16
|
|
350
|
Bolton
|
0
|
16
|
7
|
1
|
11
|
|
351
|
Bury
|
0
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
|
352
|
Manchester
|
0
|
23
|
11
|
2
|
22
|
|
353
|
Oldham
|
0
|
15
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
|
354
|
Rochdale
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
1
|
12
|
|
355
|
Salford
|
0
|
15
|
9
|
0
|
12
|
|
356
|
Stockport
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
|
357
|
Tameside
|
0
|
18
|
4
|
1
|
16
|
|
358
|
Trafford
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
8
|
|
359
|
Wigan
|
0
|
21
|
7
|
0
|
16
|
|
370
|
Barnsley
|
0
|
14
|
5
|
0
|
10
|
|
371
|
Doncaster
|
0
|
17
|
10
|
0
|
13
|
|
372
|
Rotherham
|
0
|
16
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
|
373
|
Sheffield
|
0
|
27
|
9
|
0
|
16
|
|
380
|
Bradford
|
0
|
29
|
10
|
0
|
25
|
|
381
|
Calderdale
|
2
|
13
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
|
382
|
Kirklees
|
1
|
24
|
9
|
0
|
15
|
|
383
|
Leeds
|
0
|
39
|
10
|
1
|
28
|
|
384
|
Wakefield
|
0
|
18
|
3
|
0
|
14
|
|
390
|
Gateshead
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
|
391
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
0
|
12
|
6
|
2
|
10
|
|
392
|
North Tyneside
|
0
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
393
|
South Tyneside
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
|
394
|
Sunderland
|
0
|
18
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
|
420
|
Isles of Scilly
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
800
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
0
|
13
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
|
801
|
Bristol, City of
|
0
|
18
|
6
|
2
|
13
|
|
802
|
North Somerset
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
803
|
South Gloucestershire
|
0
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
805
|
Hartlepool
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
|
806
|
Middlesbrough
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
807
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
0
|
11
|
6
|
0
|
8
|
|
808
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
0
|
14
|
6
|
0
|
10
|
22 May 2007 : Column 1196W
|
810
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
0
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
|
811
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
0
|
18
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
|
812
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
0
|
12
|
9
|
0
|
11
|
|
813
|
North Lincolnshire
|
0
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
|
815
|
North Yorkshire
|
3
|
40
|
10
|
0
|
11
|
|
816
|
York
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
820
|
Bedfordshire
|
0
|
17
|
4
|
0
|
10
|
|
821
|
Luton
|
0
|
12
|
4
|
0
|
11
|
|
825
|
Buckinghamshire
|
13
|
21
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
|
826
|
Milton Keynes
|
0
|
12
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
|
830
|
Derbyshire
|
0
|
47
|
11
|
0
|
23
|
|
831
|
Derby
|
0
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
835
|
Dorset
|
0
|
23
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
836
|
Poole
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
837
|
Bournemouth
|
2
|
8
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
|
840
|
Durham
|
0
|
36
|
18
|
0
|
27
|
|
841
|
Darlington
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
845
|
East Sussex
|
0
|
27
|
8
|
1
|
17
|
|
846
|
Brighton and Hove
|
0
|
9
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
|
850
|
Hampshire
|
0
|
71
|
9
|
0
|
36
|
|
851
|
Portsmouth
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
1
|
9
|
|
852
|
Southampton
|
0
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
|
855
|
Leicestershire
|
0
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
|
856
|
Leicester
|
0
|
16
|
6
|
1
|
12
|
|
857
|
Rutland
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
860
|
Staffordshire
|
0
|
56
|
10
|
0
|
35
|
|
861
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
1
|
16
|
6
|
0
|
16
|
|
865
|
Wiltshire
|
2
|
27
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
|
866
|
Swindon
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
|
867
|
Bracknell Forest
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
868
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
0
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
869
|
West Berkshire
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
870
|
Reading
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
871
|
Slough
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
|
872
|
Wokingham
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
873
|
Cambridgeshire
|
0
|
29
|
4
|
1
|
15
|
|
874
|
Peterborough
|
0
|
14
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
|
875
|
Cheshire
|
0
|
43
|
12
|
2
|
22
|
|
876
|
Halton
|
0
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
|
877
|
Warrington
|
0
|
12
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
|
878
|
Devon
|
1
|
36
|
7
|
0
|
17
|
|
879
|
Plymouth
|
3
|
14
|
5
|
1
|
8
|
|
880
|
Torbay
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
881
|
Essex
|
4
|
76
|
17
|
0
|
51
|
|
882
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
883
|
Thurrock
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
|
884
|
Herefordshire
|
0
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
885
|
Worcestershire
|
0
|
29
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
|
886
|
Kent
|
33
|
72
|
26
|
1
|
56
|
22 May 2007 : Column 1197W
|
887
|
Medway
|
6
|
13
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
|
888
|
Lancashire
|
4
|
80
|
17
|
0
|
40
|
|
889
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
890
|
Blackpool
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
891
|
Nottinghamshire
|
0
|
47
|
17
|
1
|
36
|
|
892
|
Nottingham
|
0
|
18
|
9
|
5
|
16
|
|
893
|
Shropshire
|
0
|
22
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
894
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
2
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
|
908
|
Cornwall
|
0
|
31
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
|
909
|
Cumbria
|
1
|
41
|
10
|
1
|
24
|
|
916
|
Gloucestershire
|
7
|
35
|
8
|
1
|
18
|
|
919
|
Hertfordshire
|
0
|
76
|
10
|
0
|
38
|
|
921
|
Isle of Wight
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
|
925
|
Lincolnshire
|
15
|
48
|
8
|
1
|
29
|
|
926
|
Norfolk
|
0
|
52
|
13
|
0
|
23
|
|
928
|
Northamptonshire
|
0
|
39
|
8
|
1
|
21
|
|
929
|
Northumberland
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
|
931
|
Oxfordshire
|
0
|
34
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
|
933
|
Somerset
|
0
|
30
|
6
|
0
|
21
|
|
935
|
Suffolk
|
0
|
38
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
|
936
|
Surrey
|
0
|
53
|
10
|
0
|
27
|
|
937
|
Warwickshire
|
5
|
32
|
3
|
0
|
18
|
|
938
|
West Sussex
|
0
|
37
|
5
|
0
|
19
|
| |
Total
|
164
|
2,983
|
729
|
48
|
1,849
|
